Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:09:15 -0400 | Author: Art of Drink

A great article in the Globe and Mail about wine connoisseurs. Basically a couple of movies (Bottle Shock and Judgment of Paris) are coming out about the 1976 Paris wine tasting session where Californian wines took the world by storm, at a time when they were frowned upon. In the... [...] Read More

Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:27:58 -0400 | Author: The "Beer Me" Blog

A professor at Yale — back in 1955 — scientifically proved that it's physically impossible for a human to get drunk on beer! THE AVERAGE alcohol content of American beers is 3.7 per cent by weight (4.7% by volume). In order for the alcohol [...] Read More

Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:56:53 -0400 | Author: The "Beer Me" Blog

I ordered three pallets of malt a couple of weeks ago. There was some confusion over when it would arrive, so I put out a call to the brewers in the area asking if I could borrow some. Their responses were prompt, enthusiastic, and helpful, but now it [...] Read More

Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:45:20 -0400 | Author: Vinography: A Wine Blog

To those of you in the wine world paying attention to the dollar's stomach churning lows against the Euro, this news may come as little or no surprise. This morning, Chateau Cos d'Estournel announced it's purchase of the historic Chateau Montelena in Napa. While not the first bit [...] Read More

Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:30:00 -0400 | Author: Good Wine Under $20

There's news on the Wine Blogging Wednesday front. The summary for WBW #47 has been posted, and the theme for WBW #48 has been announced. First, Erin and Michelle from the blog Grape Juice did a simply stupendous roundup of all the wines tasted in Wine Blogging [...] Read More

Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:34:29 -0400 | Author: Vinography: A Wine Blog

Formulaic is an adjective that is often leveled at some of California's top boutique wines and their winemaking. As if when you finally manage to afford all the components required to make a high-end wine, that somehow you just throw them together and, "poof" you've got yourself a $300, [...] Read More

Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:37:04 -0400 | Author: Beer News from BeerAdvoc ...

Topic Origin: US - New England [...] Read More

Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:53:41 -0400 | Author: Art of Drink

As soon as Tales of the Cocktail gets started, it seems it is over. As a friend said, too many drinks makes the nights go by fast. But, most people used their time very well and made the most of the sessions, parties, bars and the city. There are hundreds... [...] Read More

Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:36:29 -0400 | Author: The Barley Blog

Kegerator.com is holding a little video contest with one of their products as the grand prize. (Via) [...] Read More

Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:08:00 -0400 | Author: Good Wine Under $20

I've written before on the site about Randall Grahm's efforts to take the sprawling and eclectic wine enterprise that is Bonny Doon and turn it into a much smaller and focused operation devoted to biodynamic farming and exploring the potential of far fewer grape varieties. In my tastes [...] Read More